Project Titan, much like the company's Project Loon venture, aims to bring Internet access to places that don't have it. Instead of using a network of Internet balloons, that's what Project Loon does, Project Titan relies on solar-powered drones that can stay in the stratosphere for about five years.

According to Re/code, which first reported on the shake-up, the company felt the projects lacked focus, "The decision to incubate the two nebulous projects inside Google X is designed to direct them toward addressing tangible problems."

Whether that actually happens has yet to be determined. Google Glass — a project notorious for its lack of focus (pun somewhat intended) — was moved out of Google X in order to find a true home for the infamous consumer tech. (Video via Google)

At the same time, Google's self-driving car continues to make progress and headlines, so being embraced by Google X doesn't appear to definitively spell out success or failure. Well, unless you're talking about a face-mounted video camera — if that's the case, your fate is easily predicted.